Although Missouri has had a Career Ladder program for teachers since 1987, there has been little research examining the program’s effects. This working paper, presented at a National Center on Performance Incentives conference, examines effects on student achievement, using longitudinal data...

This paper examines the program's effect on student achievement across the state, using longitudinal data on district math and reading scores for 524 Missouri school districts over a nine-year period. The estimated effects of the Career Ladder program range from small positive effects to no...

Unlike past charter school studies focused on student achievement, the authors analyzed the relationship between attendance and educational attainment in charter high schools. They found that these schools in Florida and Chicago had substantial positive effects on both high school completion and...

This report presents the results of exploratory quasi-experimental analyses that use a regression discontinuity design to examine the relationships between certain features of No Child Left Behind accountability and subsequent student achievement in Title I schools in two states and three school...

This report presents our examination of impacts of principals trained by New Leaders on student achievement in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). For the last 10 years, New Leaders has partnered with OUSD in efforts to improve the recruitment and training of effective principals and school...

Although charter schools are growing in number, debate continues about whether they provide a better education than traditional public schools. The report examines charter schools in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, San Diego, and the states of Florida, Ohio, and Texas, using...

A key aim of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is to provide new educational options to parents whose children attend Title I schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring because of a lack of yearly progress. The first option allows children to transfer to...

Vouchers and charters are two of the most ambitious attempts to improve school performance through parental choice and privatization of governance. The updated edition of this book (which was first released in 2001) summarizes new empirical evidence on the achievement impacts of voucher programs...